A judge in the United Kingdom has ruled that an 8-month-old baby girl must be taken off life support despite her parents saying she is still responsive and wishing to bring her to Italy for additional care.
The parents of Indi Gregory, supported by the Christian Legal Centre, have filed an appeal to the order of Justice Robert Peel that Indi must be taken off life support at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham or a hospice on Thursday.
Doctors from Britain’s National Health Service have argued that treatment for Indi, who has a mitochondrial disease, should not continue, and Peel agreed, claiming that efforts to bring Indi to Italy for treatment would not be in her best interests. With mitochondrial disease, the body has trouble turning sugar
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